| AAA | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; |
| VSMCs | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells; |
| TAA | Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm; |
| MMPs | Matrix Metalloproteinases; |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix; |
| SMCs | Smooth Muscle Cells; |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor Beta; |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species; |
| α-SMA | Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin; |
| TAGLN | Transgelin; |
| SM22 | Smooth Muscle Protein 22; |
| CNN1 | Calponin 1; |
| SMTN | Smoothelin; |
| ECIS | Endothelial Cell-Isolation System; |
| LRP1 | Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 1; |
| NO | Nitric Oxide; |
| PGI2 | Prostacyclin; |
| cGMP | Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate; |
| PHB | Prohibitin; |
| OPN | Osteopontin; |
| EREG | Epiregulin; |
| AD | Aortic Dissection; |
| PDGF-BB | Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB; |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha; |
| AS | Atherosclerosis; |
| SMMHC | Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain; |
| EMT | Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition; |
| ERK1/2 | Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2; |
| IA | Inflammatory Aneurysm; |
| UC-MSCs | Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells; |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa B; |
| AngII | Angiotensin II; |
| AT1R | Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor; |
| NICD | Notch Intracellular Domain; |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase; |
| Akt | Protein Kinase B; |
| Wnt | Wnt Signaling Pathway; |
| ERK | Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase; |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase; |
| JAK | Janus Kinase Janus; |
| STAT | Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription; |
| ARBs | Angiotensin Receptor Blockers; |
| SUMO | Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier; |
| SENP1 | SUMO-specific Protease 1; |
| SRF | Serum Response Factor; |
| ELK1 | ETS-Like Gene 1; |
| ER | Estrogen Receptor; |
| GSDMD | Gasdermin D; |
| ODC1 | Ornithine Decarboxylase 1; |
| CHOP | C/EBP Homologous Protein; |
| NRP1 | Neuropilin-1; |
| ITGB3 | Integrin Beta-3; |
| GLUT1 | Glucose Transporter 1; |
| A7r5 | Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cell Line; |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle; |
| FAO | Fatty Acid Oxidation; |
| CPT1 | Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1; |
| CPT2 | Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 2; |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 Beta; |
| IFN-γ | Interferon Gamma; |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1; |
| FAS | Fatty Acid Synthase; |
| CD95 | Cluster of Differentiation 95; |
| ZBP1 | ZDNA Binding Protein 1; |
| AIM2 | Absent in Melanoma 2; |
| TFEB | Transcription Factor EB; |
| 2HPBCD | 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin; |
| BCL-2 | B-Cell Lymphoma 2; |
| SMOC2 | SMAD Family Member 4 Interacting Protein 2; |
| JNK | c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase c-Jun; |
| SAPK | Stress-Activated Protein Kinase; |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase; |
| iNOS | Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase; |
| CD | Cluster of Differentiation; |
| Nox4 | NADPH Oxidase 4; |
| BAF60α | Bromodomain Adjacent to Zinc Finger 60α; |
| DAMPs | Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns. |